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    Megaman book series

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    Dude, have you ever tried to get into literary publishing at all? It is almost literally 100 times more complicated than walking into a business with a good manuscript and thinking something will come of it.

    Literary publishing, from 5 years experience in trying to get published until I did late last month, is not just insanely competitive, it is just INSANE. I once lost a manuscript deal because when I introduced myself, I didn't give my NAME, despite it being in the email itself. I once lost a manuscript deal because the publisher found out I posted something on Facebook about a guy he just happened to be friends with and the only way he would've found out about that is to actually hack into my Facebook account to see it. TODAY I got an email back from a publisher I submitted a story, 7 months ago, from my Vulgarity For The Masses book, that they recently finally rejected, who was pissed off that I broke their submission guidelines and sent it to someone else in that time frame. I.E. They literally expected me to just sit on my writing and twiddle my thumbs for 7 MONTHS and just wait for them to reject it before I could send it to someone else (and in my defense, 90% of the time, publishers who reject your work don't even bother to tell you so, so after month #5, I can safely assume it was already rejected).

    In that industry model with someone else's IP and no experience in publishing before, what do you think is going to happen? That's not hate, that's reality. It was failed from conception on.

    Think about getting an agent? There's a reason they exist in the literary market, it is intense to be a writer and your own agent.

    Also, your book title could use a tweak, assuming it is called "Vulgarity for the Masses", it could be more eye-grabbing on a (virtual)shelf

    Violent Game law to Kill Call of Duty?

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    ... isn't that how a gun pretty much works in real life? Haha.

    If anything First Person Shooters just need innovation, game developers are too locked on to gritty games at the moment, but I guess this is no different from the sidescrolling era when almost everything coming out inspired to be like Mario.

    And this law is ridiculous and riddled with issues that just make it silly from a legal standpoint. No concrete definitions of what violence is not to mention its just a bunch of whining about things these people don't fully understand or comprehend. There's a simple fix to this problem. Parents need to do their job and quit expecting other people to do it for them.

    Check out Borderlands. Its a FPS that does a great amount of innovating on a classic formula. Anyway laws like this won't get through, its just people scapegoating their children's behaviors.

    Marvel vs. Capcom 3

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    Yeah man, those musicians. Why the hell do they spend so much time practicing? They should be able to pull off those crazy techniques right from the start.

    I am not disagreeing with you, but you really shouldn't compare a fighting game to music.

    Anyone in the world can appreciate ones musical prowess, not everyone can appreciate someone who has spent an intense amount of training mode. Fighting games age and expire. Musical talent does not.

    Xbox 360

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    ^ Injin, are you serious?

    Lost Odyssey is atrocious when it comes to its storytelling, minus the amazing dreams the main protagnist has. The actual story is told as if it was put together by a 5 year old, does it get better? Cause I am 5 hours into the game and I had to walk away, figuring I could just look up the dreams on a FAQ and read them there.

    Soul Calibur IV

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    I've played online with a co-worker, both of us with decent connections, in the same AREA CODE, and the things still played like shit.

    Where are your obvious and forgettable facts now? Hmmm? HMMM!?!?!?!?

    Don't have a period over his head.

    But ya, the online play is a bit ridiculous.

    Mega Man Legends = Laputa Castle in the Sky?

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    For anyone who said they have a strong fondness for Miyazaki's earlier works. I don't know. I find myself holding Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, and Howl's Moving Castle as his best works, and they were also his last three to be released on US soil.

    Not say I am not fond of his other works, but those to me were the pinnacle of his work. Of course, the only one I've yet to see is Nausicaa, so I don't count that in my judging.

    Macintosh

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    I have a Macbook Pro. They are overpriced, so that's why I waited on mine. I bought it with a 200 dollar student discount, free Ipod and free printer. All in all, it was almost as much as I would have paid for any other PC of its caliber.

    Macs suit me just fine. single button is fine cause you double click with two fingers. Two finger scrolling is a pleasure. For me it works, and though I had just as many problem as I had with my PC, I'm not going to crucify Apple for making a product that tends to crash(all computers do after all.)

    But I can still see the allure of PC's. Its a preference, what color do you like Orange or Red?

    New album by Destiny on sale

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    Or perhaps because certain *COUGH* members the community would immediately make another attempt to get into her pantalonés, now that Jill is taken.

    What a sad truth, having a Vagina on here puts you on a wanted list.

    I never really heard of Destiny till now, but definitely considering her CD. The samples were amazing for all the faults she picked out on her CD.

    Facebook is Incredible

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    ^ you panzy.

    But ya Facebook is definitly a great service. Clean interface unlike myspace. It also actually does have alot of features that are disguised in a very simple interface without the annoying in your face look of alot of other community sites like that.

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